If you’re in your late 20s, and you’re earning good money working in a hedge fund, you may think there’s comparatively little to gripe about. Although most things are easier when you’re earning a comfortable six figures, there still seem to […]
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Asian bankers face tricky video interviews after Chinese New Year
Hong Kong and Singapore banking professionals looking for new jobs in the post-bonus hiring season will face an additional challenge: interviews via video conference. Even as some staff have returned to the office in the two Asian financial centres, banks […]
Why minorities want to work in tech much more than finance
If anything is certain about 2021, it’s that banks will want to hire more minorities, especially for their technology and data jobs. Unfortunately, it also seems that they will also have an uphill struggle in doing so. Correlation One, the quantitative assessment firm, surveyed […]
Canadian bankers gloat over superior quality of life, and more
While bankers in the U.S. await the result of the presidential election and contemplate new peaks in the coronavirus, bankers in Canada are in a situation of comparative calm. Canada has had the same liberal prime minister for five years […]
L.A.’s most colorful dinner series launches singing telegrams for charity
That isn’t your Postmates delivery at the door—it’s a towering rabbit with a mustache and a boombox and paisley ears, and it’s here to sing you a song. One person’s singing telegram is another’s nightmare fuel, or some combination thereof this […]
Cyber Security Engineer Interview Questions: 4 Ways to Prepare
Cyber security engineer interview questions can take many forms, but all serve a singular purpose: Allowing a potential employer to evaluate how well you might protect a company’s employees and infrastructure from cyberattacks. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, which unleashed […]
Les banquiers juniors de retour chez leurs parents : « pas de cuisine et pas de ménage »
Quoi de mieux qu’un repas gratuit, commandé en un éclair, quand on est encore au bureau passé 8 heures du soir ? La recette est simple : essayez donc les repas faits maison chez les parents, avec en prime la lessive à […]
JPMorgan says French banks could suffer most during the virus crisis
Could French banks have particular challenges coming through the coronavirus? In a note out this week, JPMorgan’s European banks research team outlined why they think BNP Paribas, SocGen, Natixis and Credit Agricole could have a particularly hard time in 2020. […]
How to get a graduate technology job with an investment bank
During my career I’ve been part of countless technology graduate interviewing panels at banks like Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. Things have changed over the years and often candidates I speak to at campus events have no idea about what […]
What to do when your finance job is consuming your life
If you work in finance and are feeling a little overwhelmed by the fact that it’s only February and you’re already burning out, Bain Capital co-managing partner Jonathan Lavine has some advice for you. Speaking at this week’s Alternative Investment Conference […]